V

:This article is about the alphabetic letter. For the TV series, see V (TV series).

Meanings for V

• "V is for Victory"
• In biochemistry, V is the symbol for valine.
• In chemistry, V is the symbol for vanadium.
• In communication, V is the name of a hand gesture; see V sign
• In computer science,
• V is an operation on a semaphore, used for process synchronisation.
• V is the name of an operating system developed at Stanford University.
• In electrical engineering, V is the symbol for voltage (also known as electric potential, see below).
• In finance, V is the U.S. ticker symbol for Vivendi Universal.
• In grammar, v is an abbreviation for verb.
• In international licence plate codes, V stands for Vatican City.
• In the SI system,
• V is the symbol for volt, the SI derived unit for electric potential.
• In physics, v is often a variable for speed or velocity.
• As the first letter of a postal code,
• In Canada, V stands for British Columbia.
• In Roman numerals, V denotes the number five (there are also separate Unicode characters for this number, 0x2164 "?" and 0x2174 "?").
• In literature, Thomas Pynchon's first novel is called V. (including the period).
• In television, V (1983) is the name of a science fiction miniseries / TV series
• In music,
• the roman numeral V is the dominant scale degree, chord, or diatonic function, when distinguished V = major and v = minor.
• V is the name of a band from the United Kingdom; see V (band).
• V is the name of an album released by the band Live in 2001.
• v is the name of an album released by the band 76 in 2003.
• V is the name of a drink produced by Frucor in New Zealand.
• A V engine is an internal combustion engine configuration.
• In Windows, Ctrl-V, and Mac OS, Command-V, pastes at the cursor the contents of the clipboard.
• In comics
• V is the name given by a mysterious anarchist whom fights against a totalitarian government in V for Vendetta